Sven Kirsten
Sven A. Kirsten (born August 27, 1955 in Hamburg ) is a German cameraman and non-fiction author .
Life
Sven A. Kirsten was born as the grandson of a Hamburg shipowner and son of a co-founder of the record label Europa . He studied film in Berlin, became a camera assistant at NDR at the age of 23 and emigrated to Los Angeles at the age of 25 . He then worked for some time as a lighting technician and shot several music videos as a cameraman. In the early 1990s he made some Hollywood films with Mistress - Die Liebten von Hollywood , Mask of Murder 2 (Doppelganger) and Playtime - Spiele der passion . In recent years he has mainly worked as a cameraman for German television films.
In addition to his professional activity, Sven Kirsten became known through his pioneering work as an "urban archaeologist" in the rediscovery of the Tiki style. He wrote two books on the subject, "The Book of Tiki" and "Tiki Modern", which were widely used, especially in the US, and made Kirsten a recognized leader in the Tiki community.
Filmography (selection)
- 1980: Kortner stories
- 1985: Grotto olm
- 1992: Mistress ( Mistress )
- 1993: Mask of Murder 2 (Doppelganger) ( Doppelganger )
- 1994: Mystery Mode ( Teresa's Tattoo )
- 1994: Playtime - Games of Passion ( Playtime )
- 1996: The murderer of Venus
- 1998: The stranger in my chest
- 1998: The holy whore
- 1999: Scream - because I'm going to kill you!
- 2000: No more second division
- 2001: The girls' boarding school - nobody will hear your screams
- 2003: Wilsberg - last resort murder
- 2008: Small lie for love
- 2008: Zoo Whisper - Don't get in my enclosure!
- 2009: A love in St. Petersburg
- 2010: Inspector LaBréa - Murder on Rue St. Lazare (crime series, episode 2)
- 2011: Take a big break - The High School Vampire Grusical
- 2011: Christmas ... without me, my darling!
- 2012: You don't kiss marriage swindlers
- 2012: We don't even have a car
Publications as an author
- The Book Of Tiki . Cologne: Taschen, 2000. 288 pp. ISBN 3-8228-6417-X
- Tiki Modern . Cologne: Taschen, 2007. 336 pp. ISBN 978-3-8228-4717-6
Web links
- Sven Kirsten in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Why Tiki became an American pop culture phenomenon. BBC News, July 31, 2014, accessed July 31, 2014 (report by Sven Kirsten on "Tiki culture" in the United States).
Individual evidence
- ↑ TIKI: SVEN KIRSTEN , ox-fanzine.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kirsten, Sven |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kirsten, Sven A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cameraman and non-fiction author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg , Germany |